Year 12 | Update Naviance 

All Year 12 students have been instructed to update their Naviance account indicating all of the universities they are applying to and the outcome of your applications (acceptance, conditional acceptance, deferred, waitlisted, denied). When you have submitted an application, please use the edit function (pencil icon) in Naviance to mark it as “submitted” and include the faculty or program to which you have applied.

For our office to best support students, it's important that we know decision outcomes, especially now that offers from the most selective Canadian university programs will begin to roll out.

Be on the lookout for emails from universities to which you have been admitted regarding admitted student days and other programs during the month of April. These are great opportunities, both virtual and in-person, to learn more about the schools to which you’ve been accepted. Please see the University Counselling team with any questions as you plan and prepare for travel.

Why the waitlist

Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on the offers of admission that are coming to each of you. The hard work you have applied to your studies and the effort you have put into your applications has paid off.

While many students receive a clear offer of admission, there are some who remain in a state of limbo and are offered a spot on the waitlist. To understand more about how the waitlist works and what you should be doing, please click on the brief here.  

SAVE THE DATE | Year 11 Workshops

Sunday, April 21 —U.S. university applications

10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 

Manucha & Bellamy Studio Theatre

Register here

Wednesday, April 24 —Common app (for U.S. universities applicants only)

8:30–9:30 a.m.

Room 140

Register here

Wednesday, May 15 — U.K. university applications — UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Services)

8:30–9:30 a.m.

Room 140

Register here

Year 11 | The Morehead-Cain Scholarship

As we near the end of this academic year, we wanted to draw your attention to a significant scholarship that has an application deadline early next fall.

The Morehead-Cain Scholarship is an exciting opportunity that is available to Canadian students who wish to pursue their education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This is a four-year, fully funded educational experience for students of the highest calibre. It is so much more than tuition and room and board at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - it sets scholars’ potential free. It offers (and funds) life-changing summer enrichment and extracurricular learning experiences. It provides immersion in a dynamic student body at a world-class university. And, it promises a lifetime connection to an extraordinary community of Morehead-Cains scattered throughout the world.

The Morehead-Cain Scholarship chooses scholars based on four criteria:

1. Leadership: Morehead-Cains influence, energize, and inspire others to work together to make an impact. It’s more than titles held or roles played. For scholars, leadership is about courage and action.

2. Scholarship: Morehead-Cains thrive in an academically rigorous environment, yet are able to contribute to their communities in other ways. They are ready to take full advantage of UNC's academic excellence.

3. Character: Courage, humility, integrity, maturity, perseverance, self-awareness, generosity and empathy- these are the core values of the Morehead-Cain community. Morehead-Cains embrace the fact that they are growing and learning.

4. Physical Vigor: Morehead-Cains demonstrate a sustained commitment to fitness and wellness. They value what is gained— collaboration, sportsmanship, discipline, stamina and persistence—by preparing for and engaging in competitions and performances. (Due consideration is given to those with physical limitations).

Upper Canada College can nominate up to three candidates to apply for this scholarship. Students who are not nominated by UCC can still apply directly for the Morehead-Cain. We invite all students who feel that they would be an excellent candidate for the Morehead-Cain Scholarship, to submit a one-page letter to the University Counselling Office by 3:30 pm on Monday, May 6 explaining how they embody the qualities and traits of a successful Morehead-Cain Scholar. Please email your letter to Ms. Lopez.

Students will be notified about their nomination status before summer so that they can begin the application when it opens in August. The application is due on October 1.

Previous Morehead-Cain Scholars from UCC include Randy Chang ’23, Kene Ochuba ’21 and Kimathi Muiruri ’17.

McMaster University open house

The day will provide your students a peek into life at McMaster as well as  presentations about academics and student life that will offer valuable insights into various programs and offerings to help your students make informed decisions about their post-secondary journeys.

Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Register here.

OUAC | Information sessions

Connect with Ontario's Universities

Australian university applications are open

This is an event run each year for high school students interested in engineering and its applications to create social change. 

This year’s conference will take place on May 25–26 at the University of Toronto St. George campus. The conference focuses on the theme of Sustainable Production and Consumption (SDG12). It will include guest speakers, campus and lab tours, engineering design workshops and a group design competition. If this opportunity interests you, please sign up here.

University of Waterloo

Click here to watch a full interview with the University of Waterloo’s Associate Registrar, Admission, André Jardin. André provides an insider view of the admissions process and gets to some of the key questions that our students and parents have about Waterloo. He also provides several excellent tips for how our students can boost their admission chances!

• What grade average do I need to get in?

• Aside from grades, how does Waterloo make an admission decision —especially for Computer Science and Software Engineering?

• When do offers go out? When can I expect to hear from Math and Engineering?

• Do my Year 11 marks matter?

• I'm in AP or IB, will it help my admission chances? And could I get transfer credits?

• What should I include in my AIF? What do you want to see?

• Why is the Software Engineering AIF different than other programs?

• Does taking summer school courses, night classes, repeating courses or classes outside of my day school impact my admission chances?

• Do my scores on the Math contests, like Euclid, impact the admission decision? Why should I take these contests?

• What is the adjustment factor and how does it affect my application to Engineering?

• What advice do you have for students interested in applying to Waterloo?

US College Expo - April 20

Upcoming university visits

• Irish Universities Fair
  University of Galway, University College Cork, University of Limerick, Queen's University Belfast
  April 15 at 1:30 p.m.                                           

    Student Centre

• Johns Hopkins University

Prep School—Weston Hall

April 25 at 6 p.m.

Register here